Friday 10 am: throw kids in car and drive to Colorado SpringsFriday noon: drop kids off at sittersFriday 4 pm: check into hotel roomFriday 4:03 pm: napFriday evening: off to the jobSaturday 2 am: draw curtains in hotel room and stumble into great big for real empty hotel bed that someone else made with, like, clean sheets and shitSaturday sometime: wake up. Climb in bathtub. Read book. Order motherfucking room service.* Climb back into bed. Nap.Saturday evening: off to the jobSunday 2 am: back to hotel room with the actual bed with actual sheets and no actual kids in it, around it, near it.Sunday sometime: wake up. Drink a pot of coffee. Listen. To nothing. Do the crossword. Nap.Sunday afternoon: drive to Colorado Springs and have dinner with friends.Sunday night: Snap. Back to reality.

Sheesh, that's gonna be nice.

*Perhaps there will even be time for a, dare I say it aloud and risk jinxing it, massage?